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In the long run we are all dead

It is my birthday, I’m thinking of John!

John standing in the entryway to Ataturk’s mausoleum at Anitkabir, Ankara, Turkiye; October 2024

I’m getting old, John! You’d get such a kick out of messing with me about this, I’m sure.

Once, I called him elderly, because I didn’t know it had a bad connotation of being so old that one is unable to function properly. Of course, John never let go of this and would try to make me feel miserable for saying that.

Now that I’m getting old, John would find a witty way to poke fun at me: Now look who’s elderly!…

Love you John! I hope the mother nature is treating you well!

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